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Published on Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Huffington Post
Coen Brothers Direct New "Clean Coal" Ad
The Reality Campaign has released a new ad. They're the folks behind the widely-played ad that featured a foreman in a hard hat taking viewers on a tour of a non-existent clean coal facility.
In this new ad, a pitchman gives us the hard sell on a "Clean Coal Clean"-scented air freshener that works just as well as "clean coal."
The ad is directed by the Coen brothers, the team that wrote and directed "The Big Lebowski," "Fargo," "The Hudsucker Proxy" and other great films.
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11 Comments so far
Show AllNice. What will it take to get the Coen Bros. to come to my native Wyoming to see King Coal working its mojo there ? I'd like the world to see that Wyoming is something more cinematic than "Brokeback Mountain ". If Wyoming were a country , it would be the world's second largest coal producer behind China and ahead of Poland , South Africa, and Australia . We shipped 445 million tons last year, mostly to US East Coast power plants. Calling All Coens! There's commercials to be made in Gillette , WY , whose motto used to be " Sharpest Town In The West " and the high school mascot is a Camel. I don't make this stuff up...
pretty good. how much airtime will get it?
I understand the 80s connection and some of the feel-good blandness of an era of Reagan, but the humor comes off more cliche than clever. Something I would expect from SNL instead of the Coen Brothers, but they never made "commercials" so maybe they can't spoof them either.
Commercials aren't really their format, maybe Spike Jonez is a better pick. His time making music videos would transfer well
Appalachia is being bombed, blasted and bulldozed right into 3rd world America, we can't stand anymore of THE CLEAN COAL INDUSTRIES prosperity http://www.wisecountyissues.com
When I first heard the term "clean coal" I thought isn't that sort of like saying "gentle rape".
Cool ad.
May the Cohen Brothers live long and prosper (and do more!)
Thank you Coen Brothers.Perhaps you could co-opt Massey Energy,Peabody,et.al.and offer them a special deal on your very best script?You know'kill 'em with kindness before they kill Mother Earth.
Meanwhile,a caution,from a WVa.native-don't be driving on any remote highways in Appalachia if your identity is known,those redneck peckerwoods,including some of the State Police wouldn't hesitate to punish you for tweaking their empire.
Sweet!! Tell it like it is!
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"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.", Albert Einstein.
Ed note: white phosphorous, dense metal super weapons, nuclear stick-up, missile defense, bailouts and propaganda!!
Fab ad. Remember when Dubya renamed it "Freedom Coal"? (Likewise, Freedom Fries instead of French Fries 'cause France opposed the invasion of Iraq.)
Can some of that clean coal spray be used on Congress?
O M F G!!!
BRILLIANT!!
Laughing my ass off!
Walk in peace.